Question

I am developing a website which will have multiple user interface admin, client, public, I am creating a single table for these users and am separating them only with the value of one field.

USER

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id
username
password
level     Values (0=>admin, 1=>client, 2=>public)

Is is appropriate to develop a table structure in such manner, or should I create different table for different level of user.

Answer 1

I would recommend that you create a separate table for user levels. This will allow for a user to level relationship and allow for seamless and efficient updates.

user
----
id
username
password
level_id (fk)

userLevel
----
id
level